Shades of grey Open Thread

Again, I’ll use the wee hours of the night (in the US) to remind you not to miss Fran‘s indispensable European Breakfast threads over at the European Tribune. It’s a full press review, commented and amplified by the ET regulars, and it’s pretty damn comprehensive. Together with Soj‘s EuroPDB threads on weekdays, you won’t need to read papers anymore.

And today, Fran unearthed this must read article in the Independent: Real Life: Ten very surprising things about Iran.

This is the reality-based community: things are not always black and white.

So what unexpected facts can you bring us today to make us reconsider our views?

Use as an open thread.

Author: Jerome a Paris

Energy banker based, yes, in Paris, France. Writing about energy, economics, international geopolitics, European and French stuff, and whatever else catches my attention. Very strongly pro-European. Liberal in the US, libéral in France and proud of both.